Foreign affairs
Ukrainian president arrives in Lithuania
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko arrived on a visit to Lithuania on Thursday evening, officials told BNS. […]
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Foreign affairs
Grybauskaitė doesn’t criticize, nor back Trump’s move on Jerusalem
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has refrained from public criticism or support to US President Donald Trump‘s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, only restating her call to continue the peace talks in the Middle East. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania celebrating Finland’s 100-year independence anniversary
Lithuania is celebrating the 100-year anniversary of Finland’s independence on Wednesday. […]
Society
President leaves for Lapland with children from care homes
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė and a group of children from care homes left for Lapland on Monday to meet Santa Claus and give him a package of letters with drawings and Christmas wishes from Lithuanian kids. […]
CORPORATE
Skvernelis’ real team: increasingly more companions in important posts
There is nothing wrong to enlist the aid of tried and tested companions after taking a high post. Questions do arise, however, when individuals who recently worked in law enforcement structures and have not passed […]
Foreign affairs
Ukrainian president coming to Lithuania
Ukraine‘s President Petro Poroshenko is coming to Lithuania this week. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president invites women leaders to conference in Vilnius
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Wednesday invited women politicians to an international conference on equality to be held in Vilnius next summer. […]
CORPORATE
Eastern Partnership policy is mired in fatigue
Last Friday Brussels was host to the Fifth European Union and Eastern Partnership states – Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Belarus – summit meeting. If we are to recall the analogous meeting held in […]
Foreign affairs
EU sends clear signal to Belarus over Astravyets N-plant – Lithuanian president’s adviser
The European Union has expressed solidarity with Lithuania over a nuclear plant that Belarus is building close to the border, thus sending an important and clear message to Minsk, an adviser to President Dalia Grybauskaitė said on Tuesday. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president off to Iceland for women leaders’ conference
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė will pay a two-day visit to Reykjavik on Tuesday and Wednesday to meet with her Icelandic counterpart, Gudni Thorlacius Johannesson, and deliver a speech at a high-level conference of women political leaders from around the globe. […]
Society
Inspirational Conference on Children’s Rights and Business Principles
On Tuesday 28 November the Embassy of Sweden in Vilnius in cooperation with the Presidential Palace of Lithuania, Swedish Institute, Save the Children and Global Child Forum are organising a high level inspirational conference regarding business opportunities and responsibilities relating to children’s needs and rights, under the National Campaign For a Safe Lithuania, an initiative by the President of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė. […]
Politics
Economy minister-designate set to restructure Tourism Dept, call new contest for chief
Lithuania’s economy minister-designate Virginijus Sinkevičius says that the Tourism Department should be restructured to become a public establishment, adding that the current competition for its director should be annulled. […]
Politics
Popularity of Kaunas mayor still growing – Vilmorus/Lietuvos Rytas poll
The popularity of Visvaldas Matijošaitis, mayor of Lithuania’s second-largest city Kaunas, continues growing, shows a poll published in Lietuvos Rytas daily on Saturday. […]
Politics
Lithuanian president appoints LFGU’s Sinkevičius as minister of economy (Updated)
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė on Monday appointed Virginijus Sinkevičius , chairman of the parliamentary Economic Committee and a member of the ruling Lithuanian Farmers and Green Union, as the country’s economy minister. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuanian president signs Magnitsky Act into law
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė has signed the so-called Magnitsky Act into law, banning entry to foreigners involved in large-scale corruption, money laundering or human rights violations starting next year. […]
Politics
Lithuanian president meeting with minister of economy candidate
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė is on Monday meeting with Virginijus Sinkevičius, chairman of the parliamentary Economic Committee who has been nominated for minister of economy. […]
Foreign affairs
Lithuania’s Kubilius urges to keep hope about Marshall Plan for Ukraine
Lithuanian MP Andrius Kubilius on Friday suggested that hopes regarding the Marshall Plan for Ukraine should not be buried regardless of Brussels’ cautious stance on the development of the new financial mechanism and the statement by Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė that Kiev should make more efficient use of the current aid. […]
European Union
Post-Brexit situation for Lithuanian emigrants tops president’s meeting with British PM
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaitė attending the Eastern Partnership summit in Brussels had a bilateral meeting with Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday. […]
Foreign affairs
Minsk says it’s open to cooperation with EU on N-plant project
Belarus says that it is open to cooperation with the European Union on its nuclear power plant, a project that Lithuania says is unsafe. […]
Foreign affairs
Ukraine needs to be more persistent in reforms – Lithuanian president (Updated)
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says that Ukraine needs to be more persistent in carrying out reforms rather than in demanding a EU membership prospect. […]